Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress

Negative emotions caused by break-up are the key work of university students' psychological intervention. It is important to explore the specific factors of break-up distress for university students' psychological intervention. Therefore, we investigated 869 university students to examine...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-11, Vol.19 (21), p.14581
Main Authors: Zeng, Peiyan, Jin, Wenjing, Shi, Yibo, Hu, Wanying, Geng, Yaoguo, Zhan, Tingting
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correlation analysis
Emotions
Female
Gender differences
Humans
Hypotheses
Likert scale
Machiavellianism
Male
Males
Multivariate statistical analysis
Personal relationships
Personality
Personality traits
Psychological Distress
Self esteem
Students
University students
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Summary:Negative emotions caused by break-up are the key work of university students' psychological intervention. It is important to explore the specific factors of break-up distress for university students' psychological intervention. Therefore, we investigated 869 university students to examine the effect of Machiavellianism and psychological capital on break-up distress, as well as its gender difference. The results indicated that high Machiavellians experience more break-up distress. Moreover, through structural equation models, we found that as for female university students, psychological capital mediated the relationship between Machiavellianism and break-up distress. However, as for male university students, the mediation effect was not significant. It means that for female university students, psychological capital acted as the mechanism to connect Machiavellianism and break-up distress.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph192114581